Audio Cassette Tape Inventor Lou Ottens Dies Aged 94

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Link: Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies aged 94 [bBC News]

 

Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94.

 

An estimated 100 billion cassette tapes have been sold around the world since they were introduced in the 1960s.

 

Ottens' invention transformed the way people listened to music, and there has even been a resurgence of the cassette in recent years.

 

The engineer died in his hometown of Duizel last weekend, his family announced on Tuesday.

 

Ottens became head of Philips' product development department in 1960, where he and his team developed the cassette tape.

 

In 1963, it was presented at the Berlin Radio electronics fair and soon became a worldwide success...

[Davit2005]

Link: Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies aged 94 [bBC News]

 

Thinking about all the other uses of the tapes too. i.e. Computer Data, Faxes, etc.

 

In the 1980s I used to collect TDK Cassette tapes, if only I still had them.

Edited March 12, 2021 by Davit2005

[Warwick_Tech]

 

I would like one of those TV's though....

[chazzy2501]

 

Odd media types, inc cassettes.

Edited March 12, 2021 by chazzy2501

[chazzy2501]

@Davit2005 one for the collection?

 

 

I remembered seeing one in my pile today!

[Davit2005]

@Davit2005 one for the collection?

 

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I remembered seeing one in my pile today!

 

Those were the days.

 

Started with the Vic20 and then moved to C64 back in the days. Waiting 20-30mins for a cassette game to load, mostly Bruce Lee or Daley Thompsons decathlon,

Edited March 12, 2021 by Davit2005